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Title
Ruins
of "
Old
Mystic
Manor
"
(Charles
Q
.
Eldredge's
Riverview)
,
Old
Mystic
.
Creator
E.C. Kropp Co.
Place
Old Mystic (Conn.)
Mystic River (Conn.)
Topic
Dwellings
Museums
Waterfronts
Topic-Person
Eldredge, Charles Q
Genre
Postcards
Theme
Infrastructure
Lifestyle
Description
View
of the
ruins
of a
waterfront
structure
destroyed
by
fire
. To the
right
are
several
other
buildings
. The
Mystic
River
and
opposite
shore
can
be
seen
in the
background
.
Printed
in
border
above
image
: "
Remains
of
'Old
Mystic
Manor.'
Burned
to the
ground
Nov
.
18
,
1936
.
Beautiful
Mystic
River
in
distance.
"
Printed
in
border
below
: "
BUILT
BY
CHAS
.
Q
.
ELDREDGE
IN
1890
AND
CALLED
'RIVERVIEW'
.
SOLD
BY
HIM
IN
1913
AND
CON-/DUCTED
AS
A
HOTEL
SINCE
.
PUBLISHED
LOSS
$20,000
.
PRIVATE
WORK
SHOP
,
RESIDENCE
,
GARAGE
AND/
'ELDREDGE
FREE
MUSEUM'
BUILDINGS
,
VERY
CLOSE
TO
THE
FIRE
,
BUT
ALL
ESCAPED
.
THIS
MUSEUM
CON-/TAINS
7000
EXHIBITS
AND
RECEIVES
MANY
THOUSANDS
OF
VISITORS
EVERY
YEAR.
"
Handwritten
on
reverse
on the
left
side
: "
11-8-54/___/Harry
W
.
Mayberry./37
Myrock
Ave/Waterford
Conn./1124
" On the
right
is
written
: "
Mrs
.
E.B
.
Burgess,/9019
Grant[?]Ave./Brookfield
Ill.
"
Printed
sideways
between
message
and
address
areas
: "
MADE
IN
U.S.A
.
BY
E.C
.
KROPP
CO
.
MILWAUKEE
,
WIS.
"
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Postmarked
New
London
,
Nov
.
__
1954
.
Two
cent
stamp
.
Charles
Q
.
Eldredge
(born
1845)
was an
Old
Mystic
native
who
in
1917
founded
a
private
museum
of
curiosities
that was
located
on the
Groton
side
of the
Mystic
River
in the
Old
Mystic
area
.
Riverview
Cottage
was
Eldredge's
residence
on the
site
of the
family
homestead
.
Date created
[ca
.
1936]
Physical format
1
postcard
;
3
1/2
x
5
1/2
in.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
:
2001.65
File
name
:
ms_m326314.jpg
Source
Mystic
Seaport
.
Rights
Reproduction
and
copyright
information
regarding
this
image
is
available
from The
Curatorial
Department
,
Mystic
Seaport
,
Mystic
.
Sub-collection
Postcards
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